Show populations on utah farms shows decline farm population latron decreased e d from to beaw between een 1920 and 1950 while the total population increased from to during the same period in 1920 the farm population was percent of the total state population but by 1950 the proportion living on farms was reduced to percent this picture of decline in both number and percentage ot of people living on farms is fairly typical of the whole country according to county agent ray thatcher who cites a recent report on farm population f figures published by the ag ri cultural marketing service ot of the U S department of agriculture for the nation as a whole the total population rose between 1920 and 1950 from to people the number on farms tell fell during this same period from to while the total population was increasing itself almost a half the proportion living on farms tell fell from percent to percent whereas about one american out of every three resided on a farm in 1920 only about one in six was a farm resident by 1950 the proportion of people living on farms in the united states has declined rather steadily since 1910 the earliest date tor for which estimates of farm population are available |